Improvement in wheels for furniture-casters



J. MUNGER. Whe-eIs forfufniture Casters. No. 214,518.

Patented April 22,1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E;

JOSEPH MUNGER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNCR TO SCOVILLMANUFACTURING- COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT'IN WHEELS FOR FURNITURE-CASTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 214,518, dated April22, 1879 application filed January 19, 1874.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ll'IUNGER, of Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements inCasters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the wheels or rollers offurniturecasters, whereby greater durability, improved appearance, andcheapness of construction are attained; and the invention consists inthe novel combination and use of a struck-up shell, forming the bod-y ofthe wheels, a disk or end piece, and suitable filling or center; and itfurther consists in the use of a tube or hearing, when needed, forstrengthening purposes, through which the pin or axle of the casterpasses, all as hereinafter more fully described and definitely claimed.

Figure 1 shows a vertical section of wheel; Figs. 2 and 3, the sectionand end of shell; Figs. 4 and 5, the section and end of tube;

Figs. '6 and 7, the section and end of filling; Figs. 8 and 9, thesection and end of disk.

The wheel is made of a shell, X, struck up in the shape shown in thedrawings, Fig. 2. Into the open end of shell X is placed the disk or endpiece To give strength to the wheel when a thin shell is used, a fillingor center, Z, is inclosed. For the purpose of producing a smooth bearingand stiffening the wheel, the tube to is used, through which the pin oraxle passes.

I claim as my invention- 1. A caster-wheel consisting of a shell, X,disk Q, and center or filling, Z, substantially as described.

- 2. A caster-wheel, consisting of a shell, X, disk y, center or fillingZ, and tube or hearing w, substantially as described.

. JOSEPH MUNGER.

In presence of-- M. L. SPERRY, W. B. MERRnvIAN.

